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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

Samsung Buys 1 Million Copies Of Jay-Z New Album "Magna Carta Holy Grail" Twitter Launches Analytics For All and Highlight Reels You Can Edit New Way To Sell Digital Music?. Continue reading

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Billboard Reminds How Antiquated Their Charts Are With Rejection Of 1M Jay-Z Samsung Albums

The rules are the rules; or at least that's what Billboard Magazine decided when eliminating the 1 million albums that Jay-Z is distributing free to Samsung users from chart calculations.. Continue reading

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Moby Revives Free Music Site For Film and Video Makers

Moby launched a site called mobygratis.com 4 years ago to make selections of his music available to filmmakers. This week he relaunched the site with 150 selections that are free. Continue reading

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Live Nation And Insomniac Form Creative Partnership

Live Nation has signed a deal with EDM promoter Insomniac Events, the company behind the successful Electric Daisy Carnival. In a post on Insomniac's website, CEO Pasquale Rotella said they. Continue reading

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NEWS BRIEF: Is VEVO For Sale?, Billboard vs. Jay-Z, Instagram Video Reaction, Pandora Lawsuit & More

FRIDAY 6.21.2013 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web CLICK HERE Updated Continuously Under Hypebot's More News Tab Above

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Universal Music Canada Links With PledgeMusic For Direct-to-Fan Campaigns

This week Universal Music Canada (UMC) announced that they are using PledgeMusic's unique direct-to-fan platform for their artists.  Dubbed a partnership, it's a bit different than the wide range of. Continue reading

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Late To The Party: Pandora Joined Facebook Music Just 1 Month Ago

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. When Facebook launched its ambitious attempt to become “a connective tissue for music,” the biggest player in internet radio, Pandora, didn’t join the party.. Continue reading

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Insomniac and Dick Clark Productions Launch Int’l Dance Music Awards Show

A new awards show dedicated to dance music will debut in Las Vegas next year created by top EDM promoter Insomniac and dick clark productions (DCP). Announced during yesterday's EDMbiz. Continue reading

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NEWS BRIEF: MySpace Returns, PBay Founder Found Guilty, NiN + David Lynch, Facebook Launch Today & More

THURSDAY 6.20.2013 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web CLICK HERE Updated Continuously Under Hypebot's More News Tab Above

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How To Publicize A Music Crowdfunding Campaign [Top Sites]

It seems unlikely that during a crowdfunding campaign musicians will be able to develop substantial numbers of new fans willing to immediately support their work. However media coverage and related. Continue reading

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